"Pft. Okay, okay. Semantics." She agreed, not bothering to argue even though she normally would have. She closed her eyes tightly when he held her tighter. She wonder how he always knew. Alec didn't seem like he was normally very skilled in this area - comforting people, or not just people. Comforting girlfriends that had life dump a bunch of horribad shit all over them at a really shit time of year, too. But he just knew when she really needed him. When that extra squeeze was keeping her from falling apart.
Lenore had always enjoyed the way his fingers felt when they ran through her hair. She felt suddenly exhausted by everything. Life was hard. She had been up for hours and all these good moments and revelations and feelings were wearing her down. She bent her head up slightly to kiss his neck for a brief moment, curled up comfortably in his arms and before she even knew it, she fell right to sleep.